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Community => Transportation, Mass Transit & Infrastructure => Topic started by: Driven1 on May 09, 2008, 08:47:17 AM

Title: Google has teamed up with public transit authorities
Post by: Driven1 on May 09, 2008, 08:47:17 AM
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Will Carpenter is using the Web to cut out fuel consumption altogether. Google has teamed up with public transit authorities all over the country to provide directions for using public transit to get from point A to point B. Mr. Carpenter has been using the bus to get around on weekends since he discovered Google Transit was available for Milwaukee, his hometown. "Prior to that, I'd never used the bus. I didn't want to take the time to figure it out," he says.

He calculates he saves around $15 every weekend by taking the bus instead of driving or taking a cab.
http://finance.yahoo.com/family-home/article/105029/Services-Help-Drivers-Find-Cheapest-Gas
Title: Re: Google has teamed up with public transit authorities
Post by: Traveller on May 09, 2008, 09:18:00 AM
Unfortunately, JTA is not among the agencies included in the service at this point.  In fact, so far Tampa is the only city in Florida covered.

http://www.google.com/transit (http://www.google.com/transit)
Title: Re: Google has teamed up with public transit authorities
Post by: Lunican on May 09, 2008, 09:55:56 AM
JTA should definitely sign up for this.

Note to JTA - send an email to: maps-transit-content@google.com and ask to sign up.
Title: Re: Google has teamed up with public transit authorities
Post by: JeffreyS on May 10, 2008, 09:05:56 PM
I love Google.  The JTA Should do this.
Title: Re: Google has teamed up with public transit authorities
Post by: Coolyfett on May 11, 2008, 01:20:28 AM
interesting.